PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 60, 4 December 1919, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

As Jiaior-Goiieral Sir Alfred Bohin, TC.C.ni.G., C.8.. General Officer Commanding New Zealand lovces, will bo letirin" shortly, arrangements are bG:i»f? rondo by the officers on the Headquarters Staff t:> entertain him at n farewell "iitheriii". which will he purely informal in character, and will be held on December 16. ;

' Mr. W. H. Morton (City Engineer) advises by cablegram that lie was leav.ng Vancouver by the Niagara, which is duo to arrive ut Auckland on December

A Pros Association message frm Christchurch states that Mr. A. G. Henderson, Who hat? been acting-manager of tho "Lvttellon Times" Company during the past six months, lias been appointed manager of the eonipoi)) - . Mr. Bobeit Bell retains the office of managing director. Captain William Thomas Lloyd who died at the Hawera Hospital on November 27. was a son of the late Mr, Edward Llovd, of Cashmere. Ho left New /Sealand with the Main Body of the N.Z.K.1.'., holding the rank of quartermas.tcr-ser. geant. Subsequently securing his commission, he rose to the rank of captain. Some little time, ago be vetoed in tho I Tofua, and was attached to Base Records, lVolJington, as demobilisation ofa which position he held until the la6fe transport left Great Britain. Securing a month's demobilisation leave he went to visit a brother in Hawera, whero ho contracted pneumonia, w.t.h fatal result*.. Mr. G. C. Eodda, who ha? carried out the duties of officer-in-charge of the \\ar Expenses Branch during tho past live veavs, is returning to tho "treasury Department. On Monday the shift of the War Expenses Branch assembled to give expression to their keen regret at 'o s "! 8 tho supervision of Mr. Eodda, and to piesent him with a gold watch, suitably inscribed, as a mark of their esteem. Mi. L. C. Forgie, in making the presentation, tiiiced the progress of the department from its incept ion—from the timo when, hastily organised at tho outbreak of war, itßtortcd with only a stall of i Tivo or six nntil at the present time it boasted a staff of nearlv five hundred. Mi. tor rie emphasised'that thp major credit for the large amount of or&inisntion vo, ' c involved lav with Mr. Hoddn, and said tint it was'purely his influence and entcrprise which had resulted in tho institution of systems for each section whore, l>v the bes't results were obtained with a minimum of stiff, while soldiers their dependants, and the public generally ™, ceived every measure of satisfaction. for tho senior nlhcers, Mr. S '"aid that they keenly felt their Lveranco from Mr. Ecdda's sympathy tml help i» the more difficult problems 'which came before them., He assured Ihe recipient that he carried with li:m .(he best wishes of all members for his future happiness and for his rapid advancement in the branch of the service to which lie was returning. Mr. lioc da suitably replied. Cheers for Mr. Rodda concluded the gathering.